Yucca Mountain as a storage location for the Nation's nuclear waste is dead. Even the administration understands that transporting the nuclear waste to a State with no nuclear activity jeopardizes the security of our Nation and is a bad…

I appreciate the opportunity to speak. Earlier this evening, or I should say last night, I had a tele-town hall meeting. I do this once a week. Generally what I do is I ask and we talk about what we're doing on the floor today: trying to…

I introduced the Step Towards Access and Reform, the STAR Act, in late July.

I rise in support of H.R. 2. Last year the previous Speaker of the House told Members that we needed to pass the health care bill so that we could find out what was in it. Now Members and the American people have had the opportunity to…

Nowhere in this letter--signed by 28 pages of organizations and businesses nationwide--do they waffle or endorse these income limitations. Several chambers of commerce and local businesses from around the State of Nevada who understand the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4853. Of course I strongly support tax relief for the middle class and others, but today's bill is misguided. Nevada is struggling. It has one of the highest unemployment rates in the Nation…

I want to stay here over the 6-week period, put some economic, bipartisan economic policies together so the people like Heidi from the city of Sparks, Nevada, can get a job. I think that's what we ought to be doing here in Washington, D.C…

I come from a State, the State of Nevada, that has 14.2 percent unemployment, and these are very, very tough times. During the rules hearing, I submitted legislation that would actually pay for this piece of legislation. We can pay for it…

I believe we need private sector money given to private sector government given to private people, not more public jobs. And that's what the other side continues to argue. But I will tell you that Members on both sides, both sides of the…

Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to be here in front of you and to spend some time talking about these unemployment benefits that we have in front of us today. We had some, of course, unfortunate information come out of the administration as to…

Last night, Mr. Speaker, I did a telephone town hall meeting in my district with more than 13,000 people on that telephone line with me. Hundreds of them wanted to ask questions. Obviously, I couldn't get to all of them, but of those that…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 4213, a misguided bill masquerading as tax relief. Instead of creating jobs, this bill will cost jobs. Instead of providing much needed certainty, this bill merely kicks the can down…

I think it is critical that we make sure that we help these law enforcement officials through the latest and greatest technology and through this DNA technology.

I urge Congress that we could be more effective in this 21st century by allowing these DNA matches.

The health of our rangelands under federal jurisdiction greatly impacts the health of the local communities in Nevada.

Eighty-five percent of Nevada is controlled by the Federal Government, 85 percent.

Wildfires, invasive weeds and the overpopulation of non-native wild horses have led to severe damage of our range and wildlife populations.

To say that an official listing of the sage grouse as an endangered species will have impact on the Western states is very much an understatement.

the important thing, and you made this point, is that it is done.

At a time when Nevada counties are struggling to address falling revenues, action by Congress suddenly cut a significant portion of their local county budgets.

we probably do not pay them enough, either, you know, from our end of this deal, but the needs are very great.

Thank you very much for the plug for Representative Herseth Sandlin's very good effort to streamline, overhaul, and beef up enforcement.

neither party has a whole lot to be proud of in the way we have handled the Indian Health Service.

I have introduced bipartisan legislation with Representative Thompson out of California to restore the counties' share of these revenues.

I do support Senator Reid's amendment to the extenders bill and putting that provision back in.